Brown Rice Salad

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2005

Show: Good EatsEpisode: Do The Rice Thing

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (51)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(51)

Cook Time:
1 hr 20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 20 min
Total:: 1 hr 30 min

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Ingredients

6 slices bacon
1/2 cup diced red onion
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus a pinch
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 recipe Baked Brown Rice, recipe follows
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill

Directions

In a 10-inch saute pan over medium heat, fry the bacon until crisp. Drain, crumble, and set aside. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat.

Add the red onion to the pan and cook until translucent, approximately 5 to 6 minutes. Add the vinegar, chicken broth, mustard, sugar, salt, and pepper to the pan and stir to combine. Add the bacon back to the pan along with the rice and cook, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is absorbed, approximately 7 to 10 minutes. Stir in the dill. Allow to cool slightly before serving.

Baked Brown Rice:

1 1/2 cups brown rice, medium or short grain

2 1/2 cups water

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

1 teaspoon kosher salt

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Place the rice into an 8-inch square glass baking dish.

Bring the water, butter, and salt just to a boil in a kettle or covered saucepan. Once the water boils, pour it over the rice, stir to combine, and cover the dish tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, remove cover and fluff the rice with a fork. Serve immediately.

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Eric Sterling, AK 02-03-2010
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Added honey to balance vinegar & mustard.
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Also topped with walnuts & craisins sauteed & honey butter. very tasty
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null null, null 01-25-2010
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Trick to cooking good brown rice, let the cooker do it for you
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This is a good recipe, the brown rice is a little tricky so I cook it in a brown... rice cooker. Some rice cookers have brown rice settings and others don't so be sure to get one that does.Read more
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Robbie Lakewood, CO 01-12-2010
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Not for those short on time. Success is in the rice.
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Great recipe with a lot of potential substitutions, once you master it, like fresh peas or cherry tomatoes. I add one extra... teaspoon of mustard for a bolder flavor. Read more
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Brad Carbondale, CO 12-20-2009
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All I tasted was vinager
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I usually like Alton Brown's recipes. This would be a good recipe if you love the taste of vinager.
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Amber chicago, IL 12-19-2009
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WAYYYYY tooo much Vinegar
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

First of all this recipe looked delicious. We were skeptical of the amount of vinegar this recipe called for, so we used... about 3/4 of the normal amount. This was still wayyyy too much vinegar. Usually you cook the vinegar flavor off in other recipes but this one never gives you the chance to do that, so you are left with a very vinegary flavored rice. I recommend using either no vinegar or about a tablespoon. I would also say to add the bacon at the very end to keep the crispyness of it. Read more
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Bonnie Chicago, IL 11-08-2009
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Didn't think it was possible
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe for brown rice made my brains fall out! So good...